After rejecting the appeal of the team, the organization maintains the position achieved by the Spaniard in the United States Grand Prix
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has reversed course and returned the seventh position to Fernando Alonso, shortly after rejecting the appeal filed by Alpine.
“BWT Alpine thanks the FIA stewards for coming together and reaching a positive outcome on the issue of the #14 Grand Prix car.n United States Award […] by which He recovers his seventh place and six points in the race, ”the Alpine bodywork has communicated through its Twitter account.
The team welcomes the decision made by the aforementioned stewards, whereby Car #14 reinstates its seventh place finish and six points from the race.
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— BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) October 28, 2022
In this way, the brief controversy arising from the penalty that the FIA had imposed on the Asturian driver because the car was in “unsafe condition”. The reason? After moving up to seventh from penultimate position, Alonso’s car lost its right rear-view mirror, after it had been wobbling throughout the race.
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